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Sam Stosur has returned to the training track after taking 10 days off to get over an arm injury that has been troubling the world No.5 for the past 12 months. After a series of doctors appointments and an MRI, Stosur took doctors’ advice and shelved her racquets.
“I’m taking a few weeks off from playing and practice but working hard on my fitness, strength and agility. If all goes well I should be playing in New Haven and then the US Open, fingers crossed,” she told samstosur.com.
Stosur is planning to return to the practice court with coach Dave Taylor in the coming week, but will continue off-court work until then.
Stosur has been one of the busiest players on the WTA tour this year, playing 50 matches for a 38-12 win-loss record. The hard work has yielded a title in Charleston, finals at the French Open and Stuttgart and semifinal showings at Stanford, Eastbourne and Indian Wells.
The 26-year-old Queenslander was granted a wildcard into New Haven last week, which she will use as a tune-up for the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, the US Open.
Samantha Stosur is confident of being fit for the US Open after accepting a wildcard into a lead-up event in New Haven, Connecticut a week earlier.
There were concerns that Australia's world No.5 may have to sit out the final grand slam of the year after an MRI scan last week revealed a "stress reaction" in her right serving arm.
Stosur first complained of arm soreness during her successful - but hectic - claycourt campaign which climaxed with an appearance in the French Open final in June.
The injury flared again during a quarter-final loss to Flavia Pennetta in San Diego last week and forced the 26-year-old to withdraw from the two major Open lead-up events in Cincinnati and Montreal.
But coach David Taylor says Stosur is now recovering well and on track for the Open, which gets underway in New York on August 30.
"The arm wasn't good in San Diego," Taylor told AAP on Friday.
"She was diagnosed with a 'stress reaction in her distal humerus'.
"The doctor recommended 10 days off. So she pulled out of Cincy and Montreal but has taken a wildcard into New Haven the week before the Open.
"She's played more singles matches than anyone on tour (this year) so I guess the body needed a break.
"She won't be playing any doubles for the rest of the year, so hopefully this is just a small bump in the road."
Sam has committed to playing doubles at the US Open with Francesca Schiavone. now that would be a team worth backing if they also were not so focused on Singles
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